by Markus Zusak · Knopf Books for Young Readers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375842207
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«The Book Thief» is the young adult historical novel by Markus Zusak, published by Knopf Books for Young Readers in paperback (608 pages, in English).
In Nazi Germany in 1939, Liesel Meminger is taken in by a family near Munich. She steals her first book and, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. She then shares her stories with neighbours during bombings and with the Jewish man hidden in the basement, while Death narrates the events.
The novel was originally published in 2005 and this English edition is from 2007. It has received the National Jewish Book Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award.
For young and adult readers interested in the Second World War, the Holocaust and refuge in reading.
Markus Zusak is an Australian author internationally known for The Book Thief, narrated by Death and set in Nazi Germany. His writing has placed him among the most significant young adult voices of the 21st century.
